WHO WE ARE
The California Mathematics Project at Sacramento State (CMPSS) is a professional network of educators dedicated to engaging students in productive struggle, sense-making, collaborative reasoning, and clear communication of thinking and solutions. We support teachers to build procedural fluency on a base of conceptual understanding, and to strategically select tasks and contexts for application that connect ideas and provide access for all students. We inspire teachers to reflect after each lesson: “Who did the math thinking today?”
Deb Stetson
Project Director
Deb Stetson is the Project Director of the Sacramento State Mathematics Project. For the Quantitative Reasoning Courses, she has been a member of the writing team and helps coordinate and lead professional learning. In her work at CSUS she partners with professors to develop and lead professional learning activities for teachers. Deb taught high school for 13 years at Roseville High School and left the classroom to do this work with teachers in 1999. She has taught future mathematics teachers at CSUS. Her favorite aspect of this work is being in teachers’ classrooms working with their students--partnering with them to create opportunities for students to have those “aha” moments. A favorite question to ponder after teaching is "Who did the mathematics thinking today?" When she isn’t teaching math, Deb enjoys being outside gardening in the yard with Amelia, Pepper and Scratch, her chickens.
Sayonita Ghosh Hajra
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Ghosh Hajra teaches mathematics content courses for prospective elementary teachers at Sac State. She is passionate about math enrichment and creating opportunities for learners to explore the beauty of mathematics in ways that make sense to them.
Corey Shanbrom
Faculty Advisor
Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Shanbrom has been working with the Math Project at Sac State since 2013. He leads problem solving sessions for local teachers with the goal of recreating the joy and wonder of mathematical discovery.
Topaz Wiscons
Faculty Advisor
Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Wiscons is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Sac State, where she teaches courses for future Multiple and Single Subject Credential candidates. She is inspired every time she collaborates with Math Project facilitators and its participants in Math Project programs. She loves engaging in mathematical activities and conversations that promote creativity and fun, inspire teaching and learning, and celebrate students and their thinking.
Nick Niebank
Administrative Support Coordinator, Sacramento State
Nick Niebank is a CSUS staff member that serves the Math Project as a main point of contact for Invoicing and Payment Processing for event attendee and participants. Behind the scenes, he also helps plan for and facilities event day services and maintains the ongoing financial health of the Math Project at Sac State.